The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.

He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.

There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.